SYRICHTHUS. 
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white spots as above, but larger. Hind wings greenish or 
yellowish, with one or two large white spots near the costa, some 
white basal spots, and an indistinct hind marginal row. Clubs of 
antennae black. PL LXXXI., 1. 
Times of Appeaeancb. — May and August. 
Habitat. — Dry open places in woods, meadows, heaths, downs, 
&c. Throughout the greater part of Europe, and in Asia Minor, 
Cyprus, Eastern Siberia, and the Altai. It is common in England, 
being the only British species of this genus. (The Grizzled 
Skipper). 
Larva.- — Cylindrical, slightly thicker in the middle segments ; 
head larger than the second segment and dark brown or black ; 
the body is green or brown, with darker dorsal and lateral stripes. 
Pupa. — Smooth and tapering, without projections, brown in 
colour, with white spots and lines. 
The larva feeds on Ruhus fruticosus, R. Idceus, and, according 
to some writers, on Frag aria vesca. Both forms of the larva are 
represented from Htibner, on pi. Ixxx. fig. 2, feeding on the leaves 
of Ruhus Idmus, the wild raspberry. It appears in April and in 
September. 
VARIETIES. 
a. Taras, Meig. I. T. 55, 3, a, h. — Malvce, Esp. 51, %— Alveolus, 
Hiib. 847-8; Err. 361-3. — Lavaterce, Haworth (secund. Newman 
Brit. Butt. 170). — The white spots on the fore wings are very large 
and confluent, so as to give the wing the appearance of being 
white in the central portion, with black veins. The hind wings 
are usually less spotted than in the type, the costal spots being 
either very small or absent. This aberration occurs throughout 
the general area of distribution of the type, and there are many 
forms intermediate between Malvce and Taras. PL LXXXI, 2. 
h. Melotis, Dup. i. 42, 1, 2, p. 257 ; Eamb. Cat. p. 76. — Hijpo- 
leucos, Led. Z. B. v. 1855, p. 193.— Somewhat larger than the 
type and paler, the under side of the hind wings being almost 
entirely white. 
Habitat,-— The Greek Islands and Syria. 
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